Good things happen every month. Hence in the tradition of the year in review we like to remind you of three randomly selected news articles of each month.
More than 100 members of the global super-rich called on Wednesday for governments around the world to “tax us now” to help pay for the pandemic response and tackle the gulf between rich and poor.
19/01/2022 The Guardian
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A month after new regulations went into effect, over 4,500 foreign-born youths have applied for residency and work papers
06/01/2022 El País
Often used to wrap sushi and flavor soups, seaweed has much greater potential -- both as a food and for use in a wide range of products from cosmetics and textiles to biodegradable packaging and even biofuel.
06/01/2022 CNN
Israeli company Hargol wants to convince Westerners of the benefits of eating locusts, including serving them as candy or chocolate-flavored protein shakes
16/02/2022 Haaretz
The device uses DNA, RNA and proteins to replicate the functions of electronic circuits in the device
19/02/2022 The Independent
Namibia is home to one of the world's last remaining cheetah populations. But for years, cheetahs have decimated livestock herds, leading to a bloody human-wildlife conflict that further threatened the already vulnerable species. New technology and…
02/02/2022 Reset.org
Changing the genetic makeup of trees could supercharge their ability to suck up carbon dioxide. But are forests of frankentrees really a good idea?
28/03/2022 Wired
We’re all aware of the benefits from living with a pet. But over the last decade dogs, horses and cats have been helping people in many new ways as well - including recovery from addiction and trauma.
08/04/2022 The Conversation
In the golden age of con artistry, self-proclaimed finance gurus are everywhere, with few checks on their claims.
14/05/2022 The New Yorker
In 1851, Charles Babbage, the English mathematician and inventor, found himself preoccupied with what might happen should coal mines—then and now one of the primary sources of usable energy—become depleted. He concluded that “the sea itself offers a…
23/06/2022 Time Magazine
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One in five adults has practiced consensual polyamory at some point in their lives. And yet, experts say: ‘Monogamy is presumed and you have to be constantly explaining yourself’
03/07/2022 El País
Land management is one of the key issues facing the planet in the 21st century. As a result of climate change droughts are becoming longer and more intense and severe flooding is getting worse. Land degradation due to human activity and extreme…
23/07/2022 CNN
In the Delaware River and other waterways across the US, conservationists are restoring aquatic vegetation and beds of bivalves to fight pollution.
27/08/2022 Wired
A startup has developed a solid-state battery suitable for electric cars that can fully charge in minutes and lasts more than twice as long as current EV batteries.
29/09/2022 The Independent
By 2035, the batteries in California’s zero-emission cars could power every home in the state for three days.
19/09/2022 Wired
Beavers have returned to Dorset after being extinct in the area for around 400 years. As a part of a conservation project, two adult beavers have been relocated from Scotland to an eight-acre woodland enclosure near the Mapperton Estate in west…
16/09/2022 The Independent
Farm based on respecting the ecosystem is sheltered from the changing market amid global food insecurity.
03/10/2022 Al Jazeera
Undergraduate engineers from Glasgow Caledonian University developed Douglas Macartney’s idea into a prototype.
25/11/2022 The Independent
Blood that has been grown in a laboratory has been put into people in a world-first clinical trial, UK researchers say. Tiny amounts - equivalent to a couple of spoonfuls - are being tested to see how it performs inside the body.
07/11/2022 BBC
There is a megaproject underway that's not so much breaking new ground, as burrowing beneath it. In Singapore, a series of extensive tunnels are being bored into the soil some 60 meters down -- below subterranean shopping malls and even the city's…
21/12/2022 CNN
A solar-powered car has made a record-breaking 1000km trip on a single charge fuelled by the sun. The Sunswift 7 averaged nearly 85kph (53mph) in less than twelve hours to set a Guinness World Record. The car, designed and built by students at UNSW…
21/12/2022 The Independent
